Mossmorran

New plans have been lodged for the site of the former Fife Ethylene Plant | Pic TSPL

Defence contractor’s weapons factory plan for Mossmorran

The corrosion found by inspectors at the ExxonMobil plant (Pic: HSE)

ExxonMobil fined for ‘extremely flammable’ leaks

ExonMobile Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran: council confirms interest in site and demolition timescale

From left: Chris Parker (Fife College, Head of School, Engineering, Construction and Technical), Teresa Cassar (FEP), Jim Metcalfe (Principal) and Matt Lewis (FEP) (Pic: submitted

Mossmorran’s £2million equipment donation to support Fife College training

Melanie Ward MP speaking in the House of Commons (Pic: Submitted)

Mossmorran closure: call for united approach to support workforce

Mossmorran closed its gates in February (Pic: Dave Scott)

Mossmorran: we’ll support workers and build positive future

ExonMobile Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran: £9million UK Government funding after ethylene plant closure

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes speaks to the media after meeting workers and management during a visit to ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran earlier this year (Pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Mossmorran: training & funding package to support 350 workers at axed plant

Fife College will support workers who lost their jobs after the closure Fife Ethylene Plant (Pic: Fife College)

Fife College to play lead role helping workers at closed Mossmorran plant

ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)

Mossmorran closure: ‘another nail in coffin of oil & gas industry’ warns union

ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)

ExxonMobil permanently shuts down production at Mossmorran

Decommissioning work has started at Fife Ethylene Plant (Pic: Dave Scott)

Mossmorran: decommissioning work starts as task force meets to support workers

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes speaks to the media after meeting workers and management during a visit to ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran (Pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Mossmorran: taskforce meets for first time as clock ticks to plant closure

The closure will put more than 400 jobs at risk (Pic: National World)

£9million Mossmorran funding pledge – but how will it be spent ask politicians

Fife Ethylene plant at Mossmorran in Fife (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran: priority pledge for workers facing job losses

This closure will put more than 400 jobs at risk

Mossmorran: more than half of workforce is local
More than half of workers affected by the shock news of the closure of ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant live in the local area.
Clare Buchanan, Local Democracy Reporter

This closure will put more than 400 jobs at risk

Mossmorran closure: taskforce sets plans for meeting with focus on workforce

Fife Ethlyene Plant (Pic: TSPL)

Work starts now to ensure FEP staff have a future ...

A call has been made to pause the closure of Fife Ethylene Plant in February. (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran: summit call to pause closure to find buyer and support 400 workers

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes is to host a summit following the news of Fife Ethylene Plant's closure last week.

Deputy First Minister to host summit to support Fife Ethylene Plant workers

Community Matters

Political opinion: Local MSP Calls for Dedicated Mossmorran Taskforce

Claire Baker MSP

MSP calls for 'swift action' following Mossmorran closure announcement

The Fife Ethylene plant in Mossmorran, Fife.

Analysis Have politicians learned any lessons at all from Grangemouth?

Local politicians have expressed their concerns over the news that ExxonMobil is to close its Fife Ethylene Plant in February. (Pic: TSPL)

'Deep concern' and 'disappointment' as politicians react to Mossmorran closure

The accident happened at Mossmorran, Fife. (Pic: TSPL)

Near £1million fine for Mossmorran contractor after worker seriously injured

Unplanned flaring at Mossmorran in 2019 (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Mossmorran: Ethylene plant hit with six-figure fine after major flaring incident

Teresa Cassar

Teresa takes up the reins at Fife Ethylene Plant
A seasoned operations professional with more than twenty years’ experience with ExxonMobil has taken over as Plant Manager for the company’s Fife Ethylene Plant (FEP) at Mossmorran.
Nattiel Lynch

Susannah Storey, Hannah Simpson and Sarah Polspoel

Breaking barriers and shaping futures: Three female senior engineers leading cha...

Rodney Smith in 1985

ExxonMobil Fife Ethylene Plant honours Rodney’s illustrious 40-year career

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran, Fife. (Pic: TSPL)

Community complaints over Mossmorran show dramatic fall from 1600 to just 45

From left, Toby Hamblin, Plant Manager; apprentices Finlay Sutherland, Caleb Meikle and Rhys Davidson; Kyle Aldridge, FEP Maintenance Manager. (Pic: submitted)

Three new apprentices set to join the family at ExxonMobil's Mossmorran site

Employees at Mossmorran raised £2,000 in the 1,428-mile ‘cross- continent’ cycle challenge (Pic: ExxonMobil)

ExxonMobil employees saddle up for cycling charity challenge

Fife GIE Scholarship Winners with Claire Davidson HSSE and Pauline McGeevor CLO (Pic: Fife College)

Fife pupils ‘honoured’ to be awarded Shell scholarships

Hannah Pirie is one of the apprentices at Fife Ethylene Plant (Pic: Submitted)

Mossmorran: Fife Ethlyene Plant opens door to apprentices

ExxonMobil petrochemical plant at Mossmorran. (PIc: TSPL)

Mossmorran: 97% drop in number of complaints over unscheduled flaring at plant

ExxonMobil petrochemical plant at Mossmorran. (PIc: TSPL)

Mossmorran: partial shutdown at plant for maintenance work as flaring ends

Grangemouth petrochemical plant. Image: Jane Barlow/Press Association.

Mossmorran: Greens call for an urgent summit on gas plant's future

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran: engineering workers set for strike action after rejecting pay offer

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran strike: contract workers picket line in cost of living payment row

Ben Sharp and Kyle Petersen, both 22, recently secured posts as instrument technicians (Pic: Submitted)

Mossmorran apprentices secure permanent jobs at Fife Ethylene Plant

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran contract workers strike over cost of living payment

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran: ground flare plans to be upgraded to minimise flaring

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Contract workers ballot could lead to strike action at Mossmorran

Hannah Pirie, Chloe Millar, Charlie Duffy and Mia Conroy are the latest recruits to join a programme that stretches back more than 35 years at the Mossmorran site (Pic: Submitted)

Fife youngsters join Mossmorran’s long-standing apprenticeship programme

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran workers down tools over safety concerns

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran (Pic: TSPL)

Mossmorran told to keep filing annual reports to councillors

Toby Hamlin,new plant manager at Mossmorran, with the new ground level flare (Pic: Submitted)

New multi-million £ ground flare in operation at Mossmorran

Marilyn Edwards of the Craigencalt Rural Community Trust and Tom Antram, Communications Consultant at Fife Ethylene Plant with the defibrillator at Kinghorn Loch.

New home for lifesaving defibrillator after funding from Fife Ethylene Plant

Martin Burrell (Pic: Neil Hanna Photography)

Mossmorran: Fife Ethylene Plant manager retires at plant where career started

ExxonMobil Chemical plant at Mossmorran, Fife.

New network to let communities monitor air quality at Mossmorran

The company supported the Cottage Centre's Christmas appeal

£90,000 of donations from Mossmorran to help groups and charities across Fife

From left: Martin Burrell (left) and Kerry Cook (right) with Lewis Robson, apprentice mMachinery technician; Scott Hardie, machinery technician and Ian Pollock, electrical technician.

Staff safety milestone celebrated at Mosmorran

from left: George Givens, SSAFA Fife Branch Chairman; Robert Balfour, Lord-Lieutenant of Fife; Tom Antram, communications consultant at Fife Ethylene Plant; Richard Barclay, process team leader at FEP and Allan Steele, SSAFA corporate and special events officer.

£10,000 festive donation to Fife’s armed forces charity

Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran

Mosmorran: Strike threat as workers balloted in dispute over bonus payments

Martin Burrell, FEP Plant Manager (right), is pictured with Sean McLanaghan from Dalgety Bay Community Council (left) and Liam Browne, project manager with Balfour Beatty.

New lifesaving equipment added to Dalgety Bay shoreline

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